Activities : Page 172

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

From a Twilight novel to required reading, kids will learn about preconceptions as they predict a book's story based on the cover.

Research Earthship buildings. Draft a unique architectural design that repurposes used, discarded radial tires. Build scale model of structure.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

This science project examines the history of earthquakes and what we can do to prevent future disasters.

This Valentine's Day craft uses paper hearts of different sizes to create a cuddly puppy your child will love seeing on the wall!

Help your child get creative and collect leaves of various sizes and textures that she can use to make animal art.

Look for a correlation between temperature and the intensity of cricket chirping. Measure ambient temperature and sound intensity in decibels.

Science fair project that determines how your mirror image differs from your actual image and how virtual images are constructed.

In this activity, you and your child will practice taking a movement or calming break during homework or when feeling tired. Then, your child will write about and draw what the experience was like for them.

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

Try a 100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt with your preschooler, and send her on the search for objects of different colors!

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Practice color combinations with a learning tool that looks amazing — and delicious!

Multiplying positive and negative numbers is an important skill to practice. Try this fun math card game with your sixth grader!

Is your first grader a picky eater who judges her meal at a glance? Change her perception of food with the help of this tricky taste test.

Your first grader will improve her fine motor skills as she designs her own drum set with recycled household objects and art supplies!

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

Fridge Formulas are short, daily activities that reinforce the skills your middle-schooler is learning in math class.

Dress up the dining table with a sweet craft right in time for Valentine's Day.

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

Recognizing number patterns is an important ability on the SAT. Here's a game that teaches your student some of the most common sequences in mathematics.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

If your child likes Creamsicles, he'll love this punch. With its bright orange hue, it's perfect for a Halloween party, or summer barbecue.

Don't despair about finishing off that powder compact. Help your teen reconstruct it into a stylish greeting card for someone special!

This lucky cake makes the perfect hideout for leprechaun treasure.

This project explores how and how much one family can reduce the amount of garbage they accumulate over a three month period.

How does your ghost feel? No, no, we're not wondering if it's happy or sad, joyful or mad. We want to know your ghost's texture!

This work of art doubles as a Halloween treat! Your little one will love using marshmallows to make a ghost that's as sweet as it is spooky!